Sanitary cover for closet-seats.



N. OAMELO. SANITARY COVER FOR CLOSET SEATS. APPLIUATION FILEDHAR.7,|1913.

Patented Dec. 9, 1913.

UNITED STATES rngnnr onnron- NICHOLAS GAMELO, 0F UTICA, NEW YORK.

SANITARY COVER FOR CLOSET-SEATS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedDec. 9, 1913.

Application filed March 7, 1913. Serial No. 752,706.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS CAMELo, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ut-ica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Covers for Closet-Seats, of which the following is a specification.

and more particularly to sanitary covers for the seats of closets, andhas for an object to 7 provide a sanitary rim that can be cheaplymanufactured and which can be readily placed upon the usual closet seat.

The invention embodies, more particularly, a rim which is preferablymade of a means of attaching the rim to the seat and retaining the samein a proper position thereon.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, inwhich similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in allthe views and in which: a

Figure 1 is a plan view of a closet-showing a cover applied to the seat,parts being broken away to disclose the underlying structure; Fig. 2 isa vertical sectional view taken on the line Qr-2 in Fig. 1 Fig. 3 is afragmentary horizontal sectional view taken on the line 33 in Fig. 2,showing the manner of supporting the securing member in swingingposition; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the cover.

Referring more particularly to the views, I disclose a closet 10including a stationary plate 11 on which is mounted to swing the usualseat 12 and secured to the'plate 11 at the ends thereof is a socket 13adapted to support a securingmember 14 in swlnging position with respectto the seat and the plate, the said securing member preferablyconsisting of two sections 15 and '16, with The invention relates tobaths and closetsthe section 15 .bent to conform to the periphery of theseat 12 and constituting the main portion of the securing member and thesection 16 adapted to more particularly constitute a supporting sectionand consisting of two similar parts, each having their inner ends bentto connect with the sockets 13 andswing thereon, with the outer ,or freeends of each part looped to receive therein the free ends of the section15. Now it will be readily apparent that the section 15 of the securingmember 14 can be swung relatively to the supporting section 16 or theentire securing member 14 can be swung relatively to the plate 11, itbeing further apparent that the section 15 is just a trifle larger indiameter than the diameter of the seat 12. T

A rim member 17 preferably formed of a single piece of material or paperhaving the configuration of the seat 12 is adapted to reposeupon theseat as shown. In order to secure the rim member 17 rigidly on the seat,the securing member 14 is swung from an inoperative position downwardlyto engage the rim member after the same has been placed upon the seat,so that the section 15 of the securing member 14 will encircle adepending edge 18 of the rim member 17 and rigidly secure the rim memberto the seat, as will be readily understood by referring to the views.Now when it is desired to remove the rim member it is simply necessaryto swing the section 15 of the securing member upwardly and out ofengagement with the rim member after which the rim member can be readilyremoved from the seat and discarded for a new rim member. a

In the use of the devices of the class described the closet will at alltimes be in a sanitary condition and the rim member 17, being made ofpaper, can be cheaply manufactured to provide a sanitary and efficientarticle. It will be understood'that the securing member 14 can be easilyapplied to all forms of seats 12 and that by making the securing member14 of a spring-like wire and providing a plurality of hinge points,

the section 15 of the securing member 14 when swung downwardly intoposition to engage the rim member 17, will bind with respect-to the rimmember and rigidly se- 7 cure the same upon the seat.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a closet seat having a cover reposing' thereon, a securing memberconsisting of a plurality of hingedly connected sections, one

of said sections having connection with the closet and the other saidsection being arranged to swing on the first mentioned section andadapted to engage the cover and encircle the same to secure the cover onthe seat. a

2. In a closet seat having a cover reposing thereon, a pluralityofsockets carried by the closet and a se'curingmember consisting of aplurality of hingedly connected sections,

one of said sections having swinging connection with the said socket andconsisting of two similar parts, one for each socket, 15 and the othersaid section being mounted to swing on the first mentioned section andadapted to engage the cover to secure the same on the said closet seat.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 2:? in presence of twowitnesses.

NICHOLAS CAMELO.

Witnesses:

F. S. EMMoN, NICHOLAS IAPAOLO,

